Supporting and display rack



Feb. 8, 1938. c. w. McANALLY, SR 2,107,576

SUPPORTING AND DISPLAY RACK Filed March 20, .1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 4 4 5 7 5 l6 :0 M Q i I /7 22 Zz /7 22 /9 a WMMwzz 5 X4- 7 Feb. 8, 1938. c, w. McANALLY, SR 2,107,576

SUPPORTING AND DISPLAY RACK Filed March 20, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. 8, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to the class of display fixtures and pertains particularly to a structure designed for supporting and displaying bed springs.

In the handling of bed springs in furniture stores considerable difficulty is experienced in maintaining the springs properly stored and in a manner which will facilitate the easy removal of any one from the lot for display to a customer. The present invention has for its primary object to provide a novel structure whereby a number of bed springs may be stored in a compact manner and whereby any selected one thereof may be removed from the rest to be shown to a prospective purchaser.

A further object of the invention is to provide a storage and display fixture for bed springs wherein springs of different sizes may be conveniently handled and the same may be selectively withdrawn from the group, without undue exertion on the part of a salesperson and withoutinterference from the adjacent spring structures.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a novel bed spring storing and displaying fixture in which the springs are individually suspended upon shiftable carriers by means of which the removal of any particular one thereof from the lot is facilitated.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a structure representing the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken through the structure from the front to the rear thereof.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2, upon an enlarged scale.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the form of invention here illustrated is designed for partial support from a floor surface and an adjacent wall and the device comprises, as shown, a rectangular horizontally disposed frame I which is preferably formed of angle iron material and which consists of the parallel end rails 2 and the front and rear longitudinally extending rails 3 and 4 respectively. This frame has attached to the side rails 2, adjacent the rear ends 5 thereof, the reinforcing arms 5 each of which extends rearwardly beyond the rail 4 and terminates in the right angularly directed foot or bracket arm 6. These angularly extending bracket arms 6 are designed for application against the face of a sup porting wall in the manner illustrated and where conditions require it, there may be fixed to the supporting wall, the wood plate I to which the attaching brackets 6 are secured.

Secured to the side rails 2 inwardly of the forward or outer ends thereof are downwardly extending plates 8 to each of which is riveted or otherwise suitably attached, the upper end of a post 9 which is preferably of angle iron material and which is longitudinally split at its lower end to form the base flanges I0, which are particularly illustrated in Figure 5. These flanges are designed to be riveted or otherwise secured to the underlying floor.

Disposed between the end rails 2 of the frame and extending from the front to the rear of the latter is a series of spaced parallel track bars, each of which is indicated by the numeral I I and each of which has a right angularly upturned end portion forming a hanger I2. Each of the hangers at its upper end is turned to form the attaching ear I3 which is secured, as shown in Figure 2, to the adjacent horizontal portion of a longitudinal- 1y extending rail of the frame.

Between the front and rear rails 3 and 4 and parallel with the same, is an intermediate track supporting bar I4 which has its ends upturned, as indicated at I5, for attachment to the side rails 2 and this supporting bar I4 extends over the tops of the track bars I I and is attached to each by a short suspension ear I6, Figure 3.

Associated with each track bar II is a hanger unit, which is generally designated by the numeral I1, and which comprises two suspension units I8 and a coupling bar I9. Each suspension unit, consists of a grooved pulley wheel 20 through the center of which passes an axle bolt 2|, and a hook 22 which has a vertically disposed relatively long back portion 23, the upper end of which has an opening for the reception of the axle bolt 2 I. At its lower end, each hook is formed to provide a horizontal portion 24 and a short upstanding bill 25. Thus, each hook has a substantially rectangular article engaging portion, the form of which is particularly designed to facilitate the engage- 55 ment thereover of a bar of a bed spring structure. Intermediate its ends the hook 22 has the inset section 26 which lies beneath the wheel 28 and has attached to one side thereof the lower end of the link plate 21, the upper end of which contacts the opposite side of the pulley wheel and has the axle bolt 2! extended therethrough in the manner shown.

The bolt 28 which passes through the lower end of the link 21 and the intermediate part 25 of the hook, also passes through one of a series of apertures 29, formed through the adjacent end of the coupling bar l9, as shown in Figure 4. As previousy stated, each hanger unit consists of; two suspension units and thecoupling bar and the grooved wheels of the two suspension units 1 are mounted upon the top edge of a track bar I] with a bar I 4 interposed therebetween. The cou-, pling bar of each hanger unit is preferably of approximately half the length of a track bar and of a length equal to the width of the largest size bed springunit. Thus, by means of the adjustment openings 29, the space between the hooks 22 of any hanger unit can be regulated to take care of a particular size bed spring unit and when such a unit is suspended from the hooks of a hanger unit it maybe shifted on thetrack bar a distance approximateiy equal'to its own width so that it may be removed sufficiently from a group of such spring units to enable a prospective customer to examine it conveniently.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that with a rack constructedin accordance with the present invention any number of bed spring units may be grouped together, depending upon the number of track bars I! attached to the frame, and any desired one of the spring may be easily and conveniently drawn out from the group for display. 1 V

While the present illustrations and description of the invention have been restricted to a frame structure having outer supporting posts and having its inner side attached to a wall, it will be readily apparent that the frame maybe easily secured to a suitable overlying structure such as a low ceiling or the ceiling of a balcony, in which case the supporting posts may be done away with.

1. An article display structure of the character described comprising a horizontally supported frame, a plurality of track bars secured to said frame in spaced parallel relation, and an article supporting hanger unit suspended from each bar and consisting of a pair of grooved wheels adapted town on the bar, a hook frame carrying each wheel, and a connecting element between the frames, each of said hanger units being of an overall length materially less than the supporting bar whereby the unit may be moved a substantial distance forwardly with relation to associate hanger units, and means whereby the overall length of each unit may be'changed to accommodate articles of various widths consisting of a plurailty of apertures in the connecting element and a bolt for selective engagement therein and coupling the element with a frame.

2. A supporting and display structure of the character described comprising a horizontally supported frame body, a plurality of track bars,

means securing each of said track bars to the frame whereby the bars assume a spaced parallel relation, a pair of hook members for each bar, a grooved pulley wheel rotatably attached to each hook member and mounted upon the adjacent track bar, a coupling bar between each pair of hook members and having a plurality of apertures extending longitudinally .thereof and at 7 each end, and coupling bolts between the ends of the coupling'bars and the hook members, said plurality of apertures facilitating the changing of the relative positions of the hook members.

' An article supporting and display str ture comprising a horizontally disposed body ame having parallel end rails and parallel front and rear rails, a bracket carried by the frame-in spaced relation with the rear rail at each end of the same, for attachment to a vertical supporting, structure, a pair of supporting posts each secured at its upper end to an end rail adjacent the, front end of'the latter, a plurality of track bars arl ranged in spaced parallel relation and secured at their ends to the front and rear rails, and an article hanger unit carried by each track bar and consisting of a pair of hook members, a roller attached to each hook member and mounted to run upon the top of the track bar, and a coupling bar joining each pair of hook members.

4. In a display fixture having a track bar, an article suspending unit comprising a grooved wheel mounted to run on said bar, an axle bolt passing through the wheel, a hook having a relatively long shank apertured at one end to receive an end of said bolt and a bill at the other end thereof, the portion of the shank between the bill and the other end being offset to'extend across the plane of saidwheel, the said ofisetportion being apertured, a bolt in said last aperture, and a bar coupling the last bolt with ,the other end of the axle bolt.

CLAUDE W MoANALLY, SR. 

